Effect of mantle depletion buoyancy on plume flow and melting beneath a stationary plate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B3, 1997, Pages 5019-5028

  Manglik, A ^a,b   Christensen, U R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Additivity rule; Cross sections; Electron ionization; Molecules

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; PLUME/LITHOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 0030882346     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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